Dec 29, 2009
Odd Destiny | Odd Destiny
At a glance:
- Author: Milton Lomask
- First Published: 1969
- Time of Work: 1755–1804
- Setting: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and the Caribbean islands of Nevis and St. Croix
- Principal Characters: Alexander Hamilton, Nicholas Cruger, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams, Aaron Burr
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Ideology, Politics, Authors or writers, American Revolution, Adultery, Politicians, Lawyers, Ambition, Government, Military life or service, Biography, Duels or dueling
- Locales: Caribbean, United States, American colonies
Form and Content
Milton Lomask’s Odd Destiny: A Life of Alexander
Hamilton is written in a third-person narrative form.
Periodically, the story pauses to introduce necessary historical
background, to explain Hamilton’s political philosophy, and to
analyze his character. The narrative is organized into ten chapters,
each of which covers a clearly defined phase of its subject’s
life. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to Hamilton’s historical
era, his Caribbean birthplace, his parents, and his upbringing.
Chapter 2 begins with his arrival in Colonial America in 1772,...
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